Hyderabad, June 14 -- The death toll in the blast at the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant rose to 10 on Saturday after another contract worker succumbed to burn injuries, even as the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) management suspended 22 officials across multiple departments, holding them responsible for the accident, people familiar with the matter said.

The incident occurred at the RINL plant in Visakhapatnam on June 8 when molten steel leaked in one of the units, killing eight workers on the spot and leaving six others seriously injured. On June 10, one of the injured workers, K Pydi Raju, died while undergoing treatment.

According to an RINL official, Gokivada Suribabu, AGE, a contract worker from Seethanagaram in Peddagantyada, Visakhap...